Student athletes should just say “No!”
People who take and use steroids can have serious side effects. For instance males can develop things such as breasts, shrinking of testicals, infertility, and male pattern baldness, and heart/liver problems. On the other hand women can develop things such as excessive growing of body hair and male pattern baldness, and heart/ liver problems . All student athletes should be drug tested before they are allowed to play sports because drug tests prevent students from getting involved in drugs, medical professionals need to be aware of what students are taking, and also it prevents teams from having an unfair advantage. Drug tests could prevent student athletes from getting involved in drugs if they know there are consequences. A quote from Gale resources states that “Eventually, the NFL implemented punishments for those who tested positive for steroids.” (“Steroids and Football”). This proves a point by showing how student athletes will get punished or suspended from playing sports for a certain period of time for taking steroids. The author of Steroids and Football also says that “The player was suspended along with a few others for one month” (“Steroids and Football”). This goes to show that players do indeed get in …show more content…
For example ("Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts") states that “The USADA confirms that it is opening proceedings against Lance Armstrong and five former teammates. Armstrong denies the charges.”. This tells us that Lance Armstrong has cheated his way through several gold medals. Which leads to the next point, ("Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts") says “WADA releases an update to the report concluding that a"systematic and centralized cover-up" benefited more than 1,000 Russian athletes across 30 sports. This shows that lots of athletes have been cheating their way to victory by using
People who take and use steroids can have serious side effects. For instance males can develop things such as breasts, shrinking of testicals, infertility, and male pattern baldness, and heart/liver problems. On the other hand women can develop things such as excessive growing of body hair and male pattern baldness, and heart/ liver problems . All student athletes should be drug tested before they are allowed to play sports because drug tests prevent students from getting involved in drugs, medical professionals need to be aware of what students are taking, and also it prevents teams from having an unfair advantage. Drug tests could prevent student athletes from getting involved in drugs if they know there are consequences. A quote from Gale resources states that “Eventually, the NFL implemented punishments for those who tested positive for steroids.” (“Steroids and Football”). This proves a point by showing how student athletes will get punished or suspended from playing sports for a certain period of time for taking steroids. The author of Steroids and Football also says that “The player was suspended along with a few others for one month” (“Steroids and Football”). This goes to show that players do indeed get in …show more content…
For example ("Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts") states that “The USADA confirms that it is opening proceedings against Lance Armstrong and five former teammates. Armstrong denies the charges.”. This tells us that Lance Armstrong has cheated his way through several gold medals. Which leads to the next point, ("Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts") says “WADA releases an update to the report concluding that a"systematic and centralized cover-up" benefited more than 1,000 Russian athletes across 30 sports. This shows that lots of athletes have been cheating their way to victory by using